The Kurds are often known to the
rest of the world as a people group isolated from the rest of the world. In The Miracle of the Kurds, bestselling author Stephen Mansfield
traces the history of Kurds and recounts how these people were betrayed by the
Europeans after World War I and were forced to be part of the oppressive Iraqi
regime and murdered in the thousands by Saddam Hussein. In Chapter 2, Mansfield
provides a timeline and traces their history all the way back to 6300 BC till
present day. This gives a brief overview of their history and the events that
had transpired.
Towards the end of the book,
Mansfield has an appendix where he provides 100 proverbs of the Kurds. Reading
and reflecting on these proverbs is worth the price of the book because these
are wise sayings that can apply to any human being located at any part of the
world. He also provides a list of films that were made about the Kurds and also
how they were portrayed in the novels.
